Joanna Preston: Tasmanaut Poet
(I meant to blog about this one a month or so ago, but life took over.) The Art of the Poetic Line is part of what looks like a very interesting series of books from Graywolf Press. Called “The Art of __”, each focuses on a particular single issue to do with creative writing. In this …
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I'm planning some poetry courses to pitch to CPIT, to run during next year. (Yes, I know you're still waiting for specifics about the Summer School courses. Soon, truly!) The thing that's stumping me at the moment is the matter of when to run them. Weekends, weeknights, mornings, afternoons, evenings … I genuinely have no …
News just to hand (well, gleaned from listening to The Arts on Sunday, so apologies if I've made a mistake) – judged this year by Ian Wedde, the 2009 Kathleen Grattan Award for poetry has gone to … Auckland poet, Leigh Davis, for Stunning Debut of the Repairing of a Life, a book length poem written …
One year ago today, I came home from shopping, checked my emails, and my life changed. One year ago today I found out I'd won the Kathleen Grattan award. One year ago today. Somewhere out there is another poet, trying not to burst with the news. Or maybe this year's winner is a veteran of …
A Dark Feathered Art 